Judges 16:4

Judges 16:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
• New International Version (NIV)Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

Context of Judges 16:4

2The Gazites were told, “Samson has come here.” So they surrounded him, lay in ambush for him all night at the gate of the city, and kept quiet all night saying, “When morning light comes, then we kill him.” 3But Samson lay in bed till midnight, got up at midnight, grabbed the doors of the city gate along with the two gateposts and pulled them up bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is near Hebron. It came about afterward that he fell in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5So the Philistine lords came up to her and said to her, “Coax him, see where his great strength comes from and by what we may overpower him, so we may bind him to subdue him—then we’ll each of us give you 1,100 pieces of silver.” 6So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me please, where does your great strength come from? How could you be bound to subdue you?”

Judges 16:4 word by word

וַֽיְהִי֙ אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב אִשָּׁ֖ה בְּנַ֣חַל שֹׂרֵ֑ק וּשְׁמָ֖הּ דְּלִילָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• that he lovedאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• a womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• in the valleyנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · (Sorek) ValleyH5158
• of Sorekשֹׂרֵקώôrêq · (Valley of) SorekH7796
• whose nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Delilahדְּלִילָהdelîylâh · DelilahH1807

Cross-references for Judges 16:4

• 1 Kings 11:1Now King Solomon loved so many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites—
• Nehemiah 13:26Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin about these things? Yet among many nations there was never any king like him. Yes, he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, the foreign women caused even him to sin.
• Proverbs 22:14The mouth of a seducing woman is a deep pit—into it will fall one with whom Adonai is angry.
• Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit, an adulterous woman is a narrow pit.
• Proverbs 26:11Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
• Proverbs 27:22Even if you pound the fool along with the grain in a mortar with a pestle, his foolishness would never leave him.
• 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things happened as examples for us, so we wouldn’t crave evil things, just as they did.

Commentaries on Judges 16:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4He loved a woman in the valley of Sorek - Some think Samson took this woman for his wife; others, that he had her as a concubine. It appears she was a Philistine; and however strong his love was for her, she seems to have had none for him. He always matched improperly, and he was cursed in all his matches. Where the valley or brook of Sorek was, is not easy to be ascertained. Eusebius and Jerome say it lay southward of Eleutheropolis; but where was…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4A village to the north of Eleutheropolis, called Caphar-Sotek, was still existing in the time of Eusebius, near Zorah.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-17Verses 4-17 Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiousness is one of the things that take away the heart. This is a deep pit into which many have fallen; but from which few have escaped, and those by a miracle of mercy, with the loss of reputation and usefulness, of almost all, except their souls. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-22Samson's downfall and defeat by Delilah, the temptress, is a universally appealing tragedy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-144. he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek--The location of this place is not known, nor can the character of Delilah be clearly ascertained. Her abode, her mercenary character, and her heartless blandishments afford too much reason to believe she was a profligate woman.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 16:4

• Conspiracy
• Deception
• Delilah
• Friends
• Samson
• Sorek
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Delilah
• Feel
• Mock
• Quiet
• Samson
• Sorek
• Sport
• Told
• Valley
• Dagon

Commentaries on Judges 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings